Olympic Games overview, summary and statistic


1940	12th Olympiad	(Tokyo) (Helsinki) the Games did not take place
	Candidate Cities:	Helsinki, Tokyo,
	Postcards	Official Report
Commemorative Medal	Poster	Vignette, Cinderella


1944	13th Olympiad	(London) the Games did not take place
	Candidate Cities:	Detroit, Lausanne, London, Helsinki, Rome


1948 29.07. - 14.08.	14th Olympiad	London England
	Official opening of the games by:	King George VI.
	Last torch bearer:	John Mark
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Donald Finlay
	Candidate Cities:	Baltimore, Lausanne, London, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philiadelphia
	Participants:	Men: 3.677 Women: 385 Total: 4.062
	National Teams:	59
	Sports: Discipline:	17 136
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	761.688 £
	Visitors	1.247.290
Art Contest	Torch-Relay	Sport Symbols
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket	Postcards	Programme
Official Badges	Postage Stamps	Vignette, Cinderella
		Identity-Card


1952 19.07. - 03.08.	15th Olympiad	Helsinki Finland
	Official opening of the games by:	President Juho Kusti Paasikivi
	Last torch bearer:	Paavo Nurmi, Hannes Kolehmainen
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Heikki Savolainen
	Candidate Cities:	Amsterdam, , Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia
	Participants:	Men: 5.349 Women: 518 Total: 5.867
.	National Teams:	69
	Sports: Discipline:	17 149
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately
	Visitors:	1.376.500
Cross and Medal of Merit	Torch-Relay
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket	Postcards	Programme
Official Badges	Postage Stamps	Vignette, Cinderella
		Identity-Card


1956 22.11. - 08.12.	16th Olympiad	Melbourne Australia
	Official opening of the games by:	Prinz Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh
	Last torch bearer:	Ronald Clarke
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	John Landy
	Candidate Cities:	Buenos Aires, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Minneapolis, Montreal, Philadelphia, San Francisco
	Participants:	Men: 2.958 Women: 384 Total: 3.342
	National Teams:	67
	Sports: Discipline:	16 147
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	2.060.000 £
	Visitors:	1.500.000
	Torch-Relay
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket	Postcards	Programme
Official Badges	Postage Stamps	Vignette, Cinderella
		Identity-Card
1956 10.06. - 17.06.	16th Olympiad -equestrian competition-	Stockholm Sweden
	Official opening of the equestrian games by:	King Gustaf VI. Adolf
	Last torch bearer:	Hans Wikne, Karin Lindberg, Henri Eriksson
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Henri Saint
	Candidate Cities:	Stockholm, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Paris, Rio de Janeiro
	Participants:	Men: 145 Women: 13 Total: 158
	National Teams:	29
	Sports: Discipline:	1 6
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	2.474.360 skr
	Visitors:	240.000
	Torch-Relay
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket	Postcards	Programme
Official Badges	Postage Stamps	Vignette, Cinderella
		Identity-Card


1960 25.08. - 11.09.	17th Olympiad	Rome Italy
	Official opening of the games by:	Präsident Giovanni Gronchi
	Last torch bearer:	Giancarlo Peris
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Adolfo Consolini
	Candidate Cities:	Brussels, Budapest, Detroit, Lausanne, Mexico City, Tokyo, Rome
	Participants:	Men: 4.786 Women: 610 Total: 5.396
	National Teams:	83
	Sports: Discipline:	17 150
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	7.200.000 $
	Visitors:	1.436.091
	Torch-Relay
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket	Postcards	Programme
Official Badges	Postage Stamps	Identity-Card


1964 10.10. - 24. 10.	18th Olympiad	Tokyo Japan
	Official opening of the games by:	Emperor Hirohito
	Last torch bearer:	Yoshnori Sakai
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Takashi Ono
	Candidate Cities:	Brussels, Detroit, Tokyo, Vienna
	Participants:	Men: 4.903 Women: 683 Total: 5.586
	National Teams:	94
	Sports: Discipline:	21 163
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	9,946 Mrd Yen
	Visitors:	2.061.183
Pictograms	Torch-Relay
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket	Postcards	Programme
Official Badges	Postage Stamps	Identity-Card


1968 12.10. - 27.10.	19th Olympiad	Mexico City Mexico
	Official opening of the games by:	President Dr. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
	Last torch bearer:	Enriqueta Basilio
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Pablo Garrido
	Olympic Oath (Officials) by:	Juan Escobedo Diaz
	Candidate Cities:	Buenos Aires, Detroit, Lyon, Mexico City
	Participants:	Men: 5.845 Women: 781 Total: 6.626
Designer Lance Wyman	National Teams:	112
	Sports: Discipline:	20 172
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	2,189 Mrd. Pesos
	Visitors:	3.792.344
Pictograms	Torch-Relay
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket	Postcards	Programme
Official Badges	Postage Stamps


1972 26.08. - 10.09	20th Olympiad	München Germany
	Official opening of the games by:	Bundespräsident Dr. Gustav Heinemann
	Last torch bearer:	Günter Zahn
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Heidi Schüller
	Olympic Oath (Officials) by:	Heinz Pollay
	Candidate Cities:	Detroit, Madrid, Montreal, Munich
	Participants:	Men: 6.824 Women: 1.070 Total: 7.894
	National Teams:	121
	Sports: Discipline:	24 195
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	1.826.000.000 DM
	Visitors:	3.307.135
Pictograms	Torch-Relay	Mascot
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket	Postcards	Programme
Official Badges		Identity-Card


1976 17.07. - 01.08.	21th Olympiad	Montreal Canada
	Official opening of the games by:	Queen Elizabeth II.
	Last torch bearer:	Sandra Henderson, Stephane Prefontaine
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Pierre St. Jean
	Olympic Oath (Officials) by:	Maurice Fauget
	Candidate Cities:	Los Angeles, Montral, Moscow
	Participants:	Men: 4.938 Women: 1.251 Total: 6.189
	National Teams:	92
	Sports: Discipline:	23 198
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	1.596.000.000 $
	Visitors:	3.187.173
Pictograms	Torch-Relay	Mascot
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket	Postcards	Programme
Official Badges		Identity-Card


1980 19.07. - 03.08.	22th Olympiad	Moscow Soviet Union
	Official opening of the games by:	President Leonid Breshnew
	Last torch bearer:	Sergej Below
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Nikolai Andrianow
	Olympic Oath (Officials) by:	Alexander Medwed
	Candidate Cities:	Los Angeles, Moscow
	Participants:	Men: 4.835 Women: 1.088 Total: 5.923
	National Teams:	80
	Sports: Discipline:	23 203
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	862.700.000 Rubel
	Visitors:	5.268.163
Pictograms	Torch-Relay	Mascot
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket	Identity-Card	Programme


1984 28.07. - 12.08.	23th Olympiad	Los Angeles USA
	Official opening of the games by:	President Ronald Reagan
	Last torch bearer:	Rafer Johnson
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Edwin Moses
	Olympic Oath (Officials) by:	Sharon Weber
	Candidate Cities:	Los Angeles
	Participants:	Men: 5.435 Women: 1.620 Total: 7.055
	National Teams:	140
	Sports: Discipline:	21 221
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	531.554.000 $
	Visitors:	5.017.524
Pictograms	Torch-Relay	Mascot
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket


1988 17.09. - 02.10.	24th Olympiad	Seoul Korea
	Official opening of the games by:	President Roh Tae Woo
	Last torch bearer:	Soon Kee-Chung
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Son Mi-Na, Ho Jae
	Olympic Oath (Officials) by:	Lee Huk-Lae
	Candidate Cities:	Nagoya, Seoul
	Participants:	Men: 6.946 Women: 2.471 Total: 9.417
	National Teams:	159
	Sports: Discipline:	23 237
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	568.391.000 W. 1 $ = 720 W.
	Visitors:	3.305.944
Pictograms	Torch-Relay	Mascot
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket


1992 25.07. - 09.08.	25th Olympiad	Barcelona Spain
	Official opening of the games by:	King Juan Carlos I.
	Last torch bearer:	Herminio Menendez, Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Antonio Rebolli
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Luis Doreste
	Olympic Oath (Officials) by:	Eugenio Asencio
	Candidate Cities:	Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belgrade, Birmingham, Brisbane, Paris
	Participants:	Men: 7.555 Women: 3.008 Total: 10.563
	National Teams:	169
	Sports: Discipline:	25 257
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	195.236 Mrd. pts 1 $ = 90 pts
	Visitors:	3.033.064
Pictograms	Torch-Relay	Mascot
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket


1996 19.07. - 04.08.	26th Olympiad	Atlanta USA
	Official opening of the games by:	Präsident Bill Clinton
	Last torch bearer:	Janet Evans
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Teresa Edwards
	Olympic Oath (Officials) by:	Hoby Billingsley
	Candidate Cities:	Athen, Atlanta, Belgrad, Manchester, Melbourne, Toronto,
	Participants:	Men: 7.060 Women: 3.684 Total: 10.744
	National Teams:	197
	Sports: Discipline:	26 271
	Finance: Expenditure totalled approximately	1.721.018.000 $
	Visitors:	8.384.290
Pictograms	Torch-Relay	Mascot
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket


2000 15.09. - 01.10.	27th Olympiad	Sydney Australia
	Official opening of the games by:	Sir William Deane, Generalgouveneur
	Last torch bearer:	Cathy Freeman
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Rechelle Hawkes
	Olympic Oath (Officials) by:	Peter Kerr
	Candidate Cities:	Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul Manchester, Sydney
	Participants:	Men: 6.582 Women: 4.069 Total 10.651
	National Teams:	201
	Sports: Discipline:	28 300
Pictograms	Torch-Relay	Mascot
Poster	Winner Medal	Participation Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket	.	.


2004 13.08. - 29.08	28th Olympiad	Athens Greece
	Official opening of the games by:	President Konstantinos Stefanopoulos
	Torchrelay:	25. march - 13. august 2004
	Last torch bearer:	Gallis Nikos Domazos Dimitrios Patoulidov Paraskevi Kakiasvili Akakios Melissanidis Ioannis Kaklamanakis Nikolaos
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Zoi Dimoschaki - Swimmer -
	Olympic Oath ( Officials) by:	Lazaros Voreadis
	Candidate Cities:	Athens, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Cape Town, Lille, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, San Juan, Sevilla, Stockholm, St. Petersburg
	Participants:	Men: 6.454 Women: 4.428 Total: 10.882
	National teams: with Flag bearer	202
	Sports: Discipline:	28 301
Pictograms	Torch Relay	Mascot
Poster	Winner Medal	Participations Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket	..	..


2008 08.08. - 24.08.	29th Olympiad	Beijing China
	Official opening of the games by:	President Hu Jintao
..	Torchrelay:	24.03. - 08.08.2008
	Last torch bearer:	Li Ning, former gymnast
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Zhang Yining, Chinese table tennis player
	Olympic Oath ( Officials) by	Huang Liping
	Candidate Cities:	Beijing, Istanbul, Kairo, Osaka, Paris, Toronto
	Participants:	Men: Women: Total: 11.028
	National teams: with Flag bearer	204
	Sports: Discipline:	28 302
Pictograms	Torch Relay	Mascot
Poster	Winner Medal	Participations Medal
Diploma	Medal Standings	Official Report
Ticket


2012 27.07. - 12.08.	30th Olympiad	London England
	Official opening of the games by:	Queen Elizabeth II
	Torchrelay:	10.05. - 27.07.2012
	Last torch bearer:	Callum Airlie Jordan Duckitt Desiree Henry Katie Kirk Cameron MacRitchie Aidan Reynolds Adelle Tracey Austin Playfoot
	Olympic Oath (Athletes) by:	Sarah Stevenson, British Taekwondo athlete
	Olympic Oath ( Officials) by:	Mik Basi
	Candidate Cities:	Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, London Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro
	Participants:	10.820
	National teams:	204
.	Sports: Diszipline:	26 302
Pictograms	The Torch	Mascot
Poster	Winner Medal	Participations Medal
Diploma	Medal Standing	Official Report
Ticket


2016 05. - 21.08.	31th Olympiad	Rio de Janeiro Brazil
	Candidate Cities:	Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo